lol thats my old CAS that i put in it so nothing would fall in the hole

 

wheres the guys who thought i was bullshitting?

 

Bs!!!

 

wtf

 

You dont know how long it was sitting? I was under the impression that rotarys didnt tolerate long absences well. Hope none of the seals are dried up etc... Congrats on a wicked deal!

 

Yeah, I would have err'd on the side of caution and rebuilt it with new seals.... Just incase.. Best part is, you wouldn't have to worry about measuring your irons.. etc.. .AND you could port it... Then you could have a NEW engine thats ported!

Cool find though.

 

Once they've been run its not the greatest. But sitting in an aseembled and not-run state they are more durable against the effects of time since they are so utterly covererd in assembly lube/vaseline/what-have-you.

 

Very Interesting ... That plastic crate brings back a few memories. Williams Technologies in Summerville, SC used to do the Mazda Reman work and when I worked @ Fedex we used to pick up (for shipment to Mazda Dealerships) about 5-8 per week ... many rotoaries. I used to open up the crates, jus to see if I could identify which generation engine it was ... I even asked several times about going to work for them part time, but they did not seem interested ...

 

yeah from what ive heard i should have no problems cause the thing is stuffed full of vasaline and assembaly lube

 

That motor will be FINE! Now fire her and go!!!!

 

I'm just outside of Gettysburg and would be interested in the shipping crate. I race a 90 RX7 in E Production with SCCA and have occasion to ship a motor to my engine builder in Topeka, Ks. so it would be nice to have a proper crate.
Thanks,
Don

 

not sure if im gna keep it or not but you got dibs if i do decide to get rid of it

 

awesome buy! I would seriously take it easy the first 5K miles. I was reading a review (back when the car was new) and it said that they mashed on it from day 1 and after 50K miles they dynoed it and lost a tad hp top end but had better low end. that's what they claimed. IF you take it easy from day 1 it will most likely last longer especially if you tune your microtech to the right AFRs and timing.

 

im gna try to baby it as long as i can...at least 2k

 

fixed it^^ you really wanna make this NEW motor last?? let it break in for at LEAST 4K.

 

really? damn thats alot of miles...anyone else wanna chime in on this

 

ok...

 

Shouldn't it be written in the manual how many miles you need to do for break-in? All our cars used to have a new engine after all.

 

no ive never seen any info like that in the manual

 

should be the first several pages. Either way do what you want. Remember, what you do from early childhood (new motor) will affect adolescence(70K to 100K miles) and the overall length of survival (150K+ miles)

 

i cant see it even lasting to 70k if im gonna be pushing 400+ hp out of it...but then again i really dont know

 

well, damn. I can' think of a better motor to make 400HP out of. With the right fuel tuning, timing split, cooling and CARE ( doing a check every time you go and mash around) I don't see how it won't last long. You're way past my scope of knowledge once you hit 400 hp though. I don't know a damn thing about longevity or the amount of damage that amount of power/boost can cause.

 

well im gonna try to take really good care of this motor..everything that is going on externaly is new also..new koyo rad new injectors and fuel lines flushed oil cooler ect. ect.

 

you lucky bastard, you got one of the best deals I've ever seen. Mazda wanted close to $10K (way overinflated even though it included install and I think they meant remanufactured too) when I asked about a NEW motor several years ago.

 

lol...i know im really lucky..but after having my rebuild blow up after only 7k i think i deserved it